Edward Hirsch Quotes

It's very important to me to be an American poet, a Jewish poet, a poet who came of age in the 1960s.

Edward Hirsch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 20, 1950

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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.

John Barton

ChangePastPoetryIn The PastUsed

Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis.

John Cusack

FinancialLongCrisisBeingLike

I think any kind of hiatus one takes in an artistic journey is going to make a huge difference. The pause will inform the choices that you make.

Mel Gibson

JourneyChoicesThinkYouKindWill

If it hadn't been for that march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday, there would be no Barack Obama as President of the United States of America.

John Lewis

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Man's body had a different shape in the past from that of the present, and from that which it will have in the future. During involution it was approximately spherical, as it still is during ante-natal life, because the intra-uterine development is a recapitulation of past stages of evolution.

Max Heindel

LifeFuturePastManPresentBody

With many serious challenges facing our country - pressing issues like climate change, income inequality, and education - Trump has expressed neither the inclination nor the ability to take on these problems.

Tom Steyer

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To pursue a career in Hollywood you have to have a personality bypass. Look at the top 20 stars in the world - there's probably only two actors among them. Hollywood's not about you as an actor. It's about your currency, what you 'bring to the table'. And I've never been one to jump through hoops for anyone.

Robert Carlyle

StarsPersonalityWorldYouLook

I have no driver's license, so I ride a bicycle beside the Han River. That's what I really love because no one gives a damn about me for that moment. I feel so free.

RM

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I find that one must accept the people in such a way as they are.

Michelle Hunziker

PeopleFindAcceptWayMust

I don't think I've ever properly been in love. I've had a few girlfriends and have liked them loads, but I'm not sure it was love.

Luke Pasqualino

LoveThinkSureBeenGirlfriends

Compassion knows that choosing the higher road in any situation is the most loving option for you.

Debbie Ford

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I love to get on the road, but I also think arriving is such a thrill. Turning up at the train station in Mumbai, for example, to see people hanging off all the wonderful old carriages. It's extraordinary - everyone sitting with their chickens on their laps, moving forward but not going anywhere fast.

Anouska Hempel

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